Another perspective on cloning

Rating: 7/10 (23 February 2007)

Here we go with another clone story. This time the clones are around for spare parts, a direct reflection of the issue of stem cell research. This movie did separate itself from similar movies such as "The Sixth Day" and "Godsend", in that these clones were isolated and kept away from society and completely unknown to anyone. But what do you do if one of these precious clones happens to escape captivity? There was some excitement and some suspense in the movie, but the real interest lied in the story behind the clones. How did they come about? Why were they made? Why were they being held in captivity? And why did one clone happen to remember things that he had no business remembering?
The fact that the movie was about clones was kept hidden for some time, which also helped the story. You were lead to believe that these people in this enclosed, yet state of the art facility, were there to escape the contaminated outside world. Every so often there would be a lottery and the lucky one(s) that were chosen got to go to the "Island"; a beautiful tropical place free of contamination... or so they thought.
"The Island" was yet another view point of the issue of cloning. Fortunately they distinguished this movie from other movies regarding cloning so as to not be a mimic. But one thing is constant between every well known movie about cloning; things don't turn out good.